North Texas held a 42-33 lead at the break but Sherman opened the second half scoring eight straight unanswered points to close to 42-41. North Texas responded with a 10-5 run to lead 52-46, but Sherman answered with seven straight for a 61-58 lead with 4:43 left. North Texas' T.J. Taylor nailed a 3 with 29 seconds left to close to 69-66 and Maurice Aniefiok followed with a layup to set the final margin.